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Grandia (1997) Live Stream (Saturn) - Day 1

Nix McRetro // 30th December 2020 // Gaming, Livestream, Sega

This is the perfect example of why you save in at least two save slots… the game froze while trying to save - after one hour of game play! I rebooted it a bit later and found that it had nuked my first save slot. Ouch! I might recap the... Continue reading

PSIO Multi-Disc Formatting (MULTIDISC.LST)

Nix McRetro // 28th December 2020 // Guides, Sony

PSIO Multi-Disc Formatting (MULTIDISC.LST)

Carriage returns (CR) and line feeds (LF). CR LF, or CRLF. You’ll want to make sure you get the formatting right or PSIO will get angry at you by wrapping all the discs onto one line - a recipe for disaster on my Mac! If I was in Windows, not... Continue reading

Replacing 27C040 with 29F040B

Nix McRetro // 27th December 2020 // Guides, Hacks, Sega

I found some images of DIP pinouts in my “Desktop” desktop folder. Why does one need a desktop folder on their desktop? It’s like a dumping ground for things that sit on my desktop too long but I can’t bring myself to throw away. I guess this is why I... Continue reading

Grandia (1999) Live Stream (PS1) - Day 1

Nix McRetro // 26th December 2020 // Gaming, Livestream, Sony

I can’t believe it didn’t let me empty the memory card… as a result I couldn’t save the darned game! Then I realised this was a port of the Saturn version so I’ll give the Saturn version a go shortly! We also have me trying to get it all setup... Continue reading

Sega Saturn Phantom Universal Modchip - Testing, Testing!

Nix McRetro // 24th December 2020 // Guides, Sega, YouTube

What a week it has been! There’s always more video of the Phantom Universal from Bad_Ad84! Here we have a look at it in action to make sure it is working with all types of media we throw at it. I hope everyone out there has the best Christmas they... Continue reading